Hip Hop Congress

Women In Hip Hop Resource Sheet

Compiled by the Hip Hop Congress Women’s Project

Websites
www.femmixx.com – interviews, artist listings, message boards, event calendars
www.femalehiphop.net – interviews, artist listings, message boards, event calendars
www.sisterzunderground.com – collective of female Hip Hop artists that offers all-female Hip Hop artist events and Hip Hop programs to youth
www.bgirlz.com – We B*Girlz website
www.femaleswitfunk.com – “showcasing the most exceptional turntablists & DJs”
www.b-gyrl.com – interviews, artist listings, message boards, event calendars
www.letsdoitontheroad.com – female spoken word artist and emcee site

Books
We B*Girlz – Martha Cooper, Nika Kramer, and Rokafella
Check the Rhyme: An Anthology of Female Poets and Emcees – DuEwa M. Frazier (ed.)
Rap Music and Street Consciousness – Cheryl Keyes
Platinum Dreams – Lead Reality – Carolyn Baxter
When Chickenheads Come Home to Roost: My Life as a Hip Hop Feminist – Joan Morgan

Films and Filmmakers
Nobody Knows My Name – Rachel Raimist
Soundz of Spirit – Joselyn Lyons
Reflections of Women of Color and Hip Hop: A Student Documentary – Nuala Cabral
B-Girl: The Movie – Emily Dell
Scene Not Heard: Women in Philadelphia Hip Hop – Maori Holmes
Mixtress X: Hip Hop’s Unsung Heroine – Dante Kaba
Lady Beatmakers Vol 1 – Femmixx.com
Counting Headz: South Afrika’s Sistaz in Hip Hop – Vusi Magubane and Erin Offer
Celebrating Sista’Hood – Jessie Kergan
Redder than Red: The Story of B-Girl Bubbles – Martha Cooper, Nika Kramer, and Amanda Mulderry

Female Artists To Check Out:
Mystic
The Mamaz
Toni Hill
Jean Grae
Syndel
Medusa
DJ Backside
DJ Kuttin Kandi
Siren’s Echo
MC Lyte
Queen Latifah
aimeeB
Psalm One
Yo Yo
Rah Digga
Pam the Funkstress
Ang 13
Estrogen
Bahamadia
Erykah Badu
Stacy Epps
Invincible
Suga T
Lauryn Hill
Rapsure Risin
Nefarteti
Ladybug Mecca
MC Tru Bloo
Simone
DJ Black ndaLight
DJ Agana
DJ Zita
DJ Bella
Raw-G
Shania D
Keyanna Bean
Mistress X
Dessa
Julie C
Piece
Melina Jones

This resource list is not to be confused with the Women in Hip Hop Listing that is also being compiled. The Listing will include women from all aspects of Hip Hop (artists, organizers, educators, writers, etc.) This resource list gives people a way to get more information about women in Hip Hop and artists to listen to (the most conventional way to experience Hip Hop.)

The Women’s Project is a program of Hip Hop Congress. Its mission is to expand the presence of the female voice and perspective throughout the culture and industry of Hip Hop. The Project takes a proactive stance on confronting the issues around women in Hip Hop. For more information, contact Sarah Harris at sarah@hiphopcongress.com

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Sarah Harris
Program Director
Hip Hop Congress Women’s Project
www.hiphopcongress.org

Program Coordinator
Western Addition Beacon Center
380 Webster St.
San Francisco, CA 94117
www.wabeacon.org